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Controversial! Fun And Also Games! First Comic Book related blog to be featured in the Australian National Library's Pandora archive. Pop culture, music, film and comic book expert. Would be willing to write for biscuits.
2016, 2017 Rondo Award nominee.
Proudly annoying people since 2003.
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Ok, so it's the 5th here. And I'm not an American. But I am amused by the amount of Americans who, over the years, have expressed their amazement that we Australians don't celebrate their Independence Day. My standard answer, I'm sure we will, on the same year that Americans celebrate Australia Day. But plenty of Americans have wished me well on Australia Day, so allow me to return the favour.

Enjoy your day of days and try not to shoot yourself or anyone else for that matter.

Comic Book Censorship: 1974 – 1988 Banning The
Underground The following piece of work
is taken from a larger body of work titled ‘Horror Comic Books and Censorship in
Australia 1950 – 1990’.This is
currently a work in progress and covers the history of the horror comic, the
origins (and complete history) of the Gredown line, how it was connected to K.G.
Murray, the Spanish and American connections along with the Yaffa Syndicate,
Horwitz and much more.The work
will also cover how comics were banned and censored in Australia, beginning
with the banning of Detective Comics in 1937.Some of this work will be appearing in a publication yet to
be announced, and other parts will be appearing either here, on this blog, or
in other publications as time progresses. I am open to
debate and discussion on this topic, so feel free to email me at any point in
time.Until then, here is an
abridged version of a chapter titled… 1974 – 1988 Banning
The Underground Out of all the comic books
and related magaz…